Singapore - The construction of our first 14,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel container ship has started! At an event held at Jiangnan Shipyard, PIL CEO Lars Kastrup and Deputy General Manager of Jiangnan Shipyard Hu Hongyu initiated the steel-cutting ceremony. This was followed by a signing ceremony between PIL, Jiangnan Shipyard, and American Bureau of Shipping - ABS to officially kick off the construction work. 

This is the first of our four 14,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel container ships that we ordered from Jiangnan Shipyard. All of them will also be equipped with ammonia intermediate ready fuel tank, so that they can run on cleaner ammonia fuel when the technology is commercially available. Once the vessels are progressively delivered from 2H 2024 through to 1H 2025, they will become the largest container vessels in PIL’s fleet and the first in the fleet to run on LNG! 

The construction of these 14,000 TEU dual-fuel container ship marks the start of our fleet renewal and expansion programme. It also reinforces our commitment to decarbonize our fleet and achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. PIL strives towards driving a safe, reliable and sustainable shipping industry, and we will continue to provide our customers around the world with quality service and eco-friendly logistics solutions！